舳

舳 · zhú

stern of ship

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
zhú
Cantonese
zuk6
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

stern of ship

Dictionary definitions & readings

舳 zhú · poopdeck; stern of boat

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
53059.060:zhú,zhǒu Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
1510.010:zhú Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
484.120:zhú Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
zhú粵zuk6 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
ジク チク ユウ チュウ ユ ジュ とも へさき Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
축:1N Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
直六 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
HYLW Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
2546.0 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1010.070 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
454.38 Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+8233
Radical
舟 · 137
Strokes
11
Residual strokes
5
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 3 · #7203

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

11 strokes
舳
Strokes
11
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

11 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
drjuwk · 直六 · 通開三入東澄 · #3202

PHONO-ML, source line 16403; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
1118.402
kDaeJaweon
1468.050
kHanYu
53059.060
kIRGDaeJaweon
1468.050
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
53059.060
kIRGKangXi
1010.070
kKangXi
1010.070
kMeyerWempe
2787e
kMorohashi
30397
kNelson
3869
kSBGY
454.38
kSMSZD2003Index
568.13
kCangjie
HYLW
kFourCornerCode
2546.0
kMojiJoho
MJ021393
kPhonetic
1512
kUnihanCore2020
GHJMT
kIICore
CJ
kIRG_GSource
G0-7436
kIRG_HSource
HB2-D754
kIRG_JSource
J0-6758
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-6C9D
kIRG_KSource
K1-7058
kIRG_TSource
T2-3858
kRSUnicode
137.5
kTotalStrokes
11
kBigFive
D754
kCCCII
227B35
kCNS1986
2-3858
kCNS1992
2-3858
kEACC
227B35
kGB0
8422
kGB1
8422
kJis0
7156
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
5310
kTGH
2013:7203
kTaiwanTelegraph
5310
kXerox
306:057
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+6307+137.6.5
kCantonese
zuk6
kDefinition
stern of ship
kFanqie
直六
kHangul
축:1N
kHanyuPinyin
53059.060:zhú,zhǒu
kJapanese
ジク チク ユウ チュウ ユ ジュ とも へさき
kJapaneseKun
TOMO HESAKI
kJapaneseOn
CHIKU JIKU JU
kKorean
CHWUK
kMandarin
zhú
kSMSZD2003Readings
zhú粵zuk6
kTGHZ2013
484.120:zhú
kTang
djhiuk
kXHC1983
1510.010:zhú

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

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Shape description
舟 beside 由 · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea
Source notation ^⿰舟由$(GHTJKP)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰舟由$(GHTJKP)

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